Don Pettit spent a busy 220 days at the International Space Station. He conducted experiments, talked with students and ...

In photos The details in this photograph include the airglow of the atmosphere dividing Earth from space — yellow-green at an altitude of 75 miles and a faint reddish hue 250 miles above the ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit poses for a crew ... "I could look out the window and just enjoy the view, but when I'm looking out the window just enjoying the view, it's like, 'Oh, wow.

"Maybe looking out a window, looking at Earth, looking at the cosmos, and contemplating such philosophical things as where do I fit in this picture.” Astronaut Don Pettit inspects a spacesuit ...

Aisha Bowe and Amanda Nguyen talk to "CBS Mornings" about how the Blue Origin spaceflight changed them for the better.

The accomplished astronaut has now accumulated 590 days ... "I could look out the window and just enjoy the view, but when I'm looking out the window just enjoying the view, it's like, 'Oh ...

A veteran NASA astronaut from Oregon who flew to orbit ... “You have quiet time when you are by yourself," Pettit said. "Maybe looking out a window, looking at Earth, looking at the cosmos ...